Kongur Tagh

Kongur south wall

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The Kongur (also Kongur Tagh or Kungur, called Qungur tagh; Uighur قوڭۇر تاغ Qongur Tagh; Chinese公 格尔 峰, Pinyin Gōnggé'ěr Feng ) is with 7649 meters above sea level, according to other sources 7719 m, the highest mountain in the Pamir mountains. The mountain group to the Kongur Tagh named Kongur Shan (Chinese公 格尔 山, Pinyin Gōnggé'ěr Shān ), this term is incorrectly used for the main summit alone.

Geography

The Kongur dominated by Muztagata ( 7509 m) over the area of the Taklamakan Desert. The mountain is located in the western part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People 's Republic of China. There he lies to the east of the Pamir Mountains some southwest of Kashgar and just east of Sino- Tajik border, looming behind the other under the famous Pamir mountain peak Pik Somoni Ismoil and Lenin.

History / mountaineering

Because of its hidden location, the mountain was only discovered in 1900. The first attempts of ascent in 1956 failed. The first ascent was not until 12 June 1981, by a British expedition led by Chris Bonington, Al Rouse, Peter Boardman and Joe Tasker. The mountain is considered to be extremely difficult, particularly because of the very inclement weather conditions. The second ascent in 1989 a Japanese team succeeded. In summer 2004, reached three Russian roped to the summit - the third, fourth and fifth ascent of the mountain.